Focusing Events and Public Opinion: Evidence from the Deepwater Horizon Disaster

Political Behavior

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-22

  Bishop, Bradford H ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Environment; Offshore oil drilling; Place effects; Public opinion

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894384918     PISSN: 01909320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11109-013-9223-7     Document Type: Article

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